Imagine Ramps Up for Initial Product Deployment With New Executive Appointments to Engineering and Sales Teams

Imagine Communications, the leading innovator in next-generation digital video processing and edge multiplexing solutions today announced the appointments of two new senior engineering executives and a senior sales executive in preparation for the company’s initial product commercial launch later this year. Zeev Prokopets has been appointed to VP of R&D and GM, Israel; Yves Boudreau to Director, Systems Engineering; and Jeff Delazaro to Regional VP, Sales.

Imagine has developed a unique breakthrough technology that allows service providers to deliver the highest video quality at any given bit rate, offering dramatic bandwidth efficiencies with no video quality degradation. Imagine’s technology offers cable operators the best 3:1 HD (High Definition) and 15:1 SD (Standard Definition) expansion solution available, giving them 50 percent more streams on existing networks without sacrificing video quality. With the industry’s first end-to-end Video QoS, Imagine’s technology allows for the rapid deployment of the advanced digital video services that consumers are demanding more of each day, such as HDTV, VOD/HD-VOD, nPVR, Mobile, Ad Insertion and more.

Imagine’s President & CEO Jamie Howard stated, “As we turn this critical corner in our business from trial to deployment stage, it’s crucial that we continue to round out our already strong team. Zeev’s extensive experience as a seasoned R&D and operations executive is highly valuable to our efforts to scale R&D and to deliver on the promise of our innovative product roadmap. We are also very pleased to have Jeff and Yves join our US operation as their skills in sales and systems engineering are timely to our objective to offer world-class support to our growing customer base. Zeev, Jeff and Yves have each already begun to make measurable and meaningful contributions to Imagine, and we’re looking forward to their expertise as we move into this new and exciting stage of growth in 2008.”

Backgrounds on New Executive Appointments:

Zeev Prokopets, VP of R&D and GM, Israel

Zeev Prokopets is a senior engineering executive with more than 15 years of experience in software development and R&D, and experience managing large engineering teams and developing multiple product lines. At Imagine, he’s responsible for building and managing the company’s strong and innovative R&D and engineering team, based in Israel.

Yves Boudreau, Director, Systems Engineering

Yves Boudreau comes to Imagine from ARRIS Group (NASDAQ:ARRS), a global telecommunications company, via the acquisition of Com21 Inc’s CMTS business in 2003. He’s been involved in telecom/cable for over 10 years and is a proven industry expert on Switched Digital Video and Universal EdgeQAM technology.

Jeff Delazaro, Regional VP, Sales

Jeff DeLazaro is a career-long cable and telecommunications industry sales executive and recently served as the Regional Vice President of Sales at Cedar Point Communications, a leader in integrated VoIP switching solutions for service providers. Prior to Cedar Point, Jeff held an executive sales position at Broad Band Access Systems (BAS), later acquired by ADC.

About Imagine Communications

Imagine Communications has launched the industry’s most powerful and scalable digital video platform enabling system operators to cost-effectively increase bandwidth efficiency and video quality. The Imagine ICE Video Platform(TM) incorporates breakthrough next-generation video processing and multiplexing technology, enabling up to 50 percent more streams versus today’s approaches. Imagine’s revolutionary ICE-Q(TM) video quality measurement algorithms enable better video quality at any given bit rate. Imagine is based in San Diego with R&D and engineering in Israel. Its strong management team includes industry leaders with decades of experience delivering innovations in video communications. Founded in 2005, Imagine Communications is privately held and funded by Carmel Ventures, Columbia Capital and Court Square Ventures. www.imaginecommunications.com